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BAND

Filed Feb. 9, 1937 45 as it appears before it is folded to form the comthe yarn to the machine producing the tubular 4f Patented Sept. 20, 1938 I 2,130,552

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE BAND v Wilhelm Kiihn, Stuttgart-Degerloeh, Germany,

assignor to August Meineke, Lennep, (Rhein- Drovinz), German Application February 9, 1937, Serial No. 124,845 In Germany November 2, 1935 2 Claims. (01. 2-243) This invention relates to a band formed of lar fabric band piece provided with a rubber tubular looped fabric and provided with inserted thread I extending therearound and between the rubber threads for elastically holding a piece of meshes thereof from edge to edge of said band wearing apparel, such as drawers, stockings, piece. This band piece may be formed from an undershirts, etc., in place on the body after havelongated tube of the fabric of any length and ing been united with the edge thereof by a seam. diameter divided as required into single pieces or Compared with known bands of this kind, the sections 3 of the sizes required to form the folded band according to' the invention differs in so far bands shown in Figs. 2, 3 and 4, Fig. 2 showing a as it is so folded that the two longitudinal edges folded band unatt c and 3 Showing thereof and thus both ends of each rubber thread folded bands secured to the upper edge 4 of the 10 inserted in the band are adjacent, whereupon drawers 5 and to the two edges 6 0f the g P these adjacent parts are firmly united by a seam. tions 6' thereof. In the band 3 the end I of the The endless band formed in this manner, which is rubber thread I is positioned at the lower edge to be connected with a piece of wearing apparel 3' of the band 3, and the other end I" at the later on,-accords for instance the advantage that pp e The latte! e S then b ou t 1 the ends of the rubber threads at the upper and down by folding the band 3 so as to be adjacent lower longitudinal edges can be fastened by only t the lower edge whereupon both edges are one seam which will hold them in, original posiwholly or partly united, preferably by an extention even if the band is expanded and remains sible seam I. This seam further serves fo h so for some time. Furthermore, according to ing the ends of the rubber thread Which 20 the invention, this seam may serve also for unitare closely adjac like the edges S0 fi y ing the band with an edge of the garment. Anin the band 3 that they cannot move from their other advantage is that if the rubber threads lose position even at maximum and continual expantheir elasticity, an elastic band can be insertedin sion of the band 3. The seam I covers, moreover, the hollow space produced by placing the two the po f the looped ab c W re it has edges together to make possible further use of been cut to prevent ravelling. Bands of this the garment united with such a band until it is kind may be united at their sewn longitudinal worn out. edges with the upper edge 4 and the'two edges 6 A band of this kind for holding wearing apof the leg portions 6 of the drawers 5 or with any parel in place on the body can be produced on a other piece of wearing apparel to hold them in 30 large scale on an ordinary tubular or knitting place. Instead of a second seam 8, the seam I frame by feeding one or more rubber threads to which connects the two longitudinal edges 3, 3" the machine during the manufacture of looped of the band 3 and holds in position the ends I, I fabric of any width and then dividing the tube of the rubber thread I may serve for uniting these fornled into individual hends- Mills turning out portions with the garment 5, so that one seam 35 textllefl goods can advantageously produce such and the time required in producing it are saved. band from yam left Over- In case of premature relaxation of the rubber By Way of example. the invention is illustrated thread I inserted in the band 3 an elastic In can 111 the accompanying drawing Which ShOWS SeV? be placed in the hollow space 9 formed by folding 40 phases of e p t c of the band and in the band 3 to impart the necessary elasticity. 40 f The elastic I0 is put in through a small opening 1S perspectlvevlew of a band place made in the folded band 3, which is closed after inseraiccordmg Y of lopped tubular tion of the elastic. It is further possible to feed no and provided with worked-1n rubber threads, a plurality of rubber threads simultaneously with plete band' fabric 2 to maintain the elasticity of the band 3 fig g ii gga g ggg g gz gi g g 5: :3 until the garment connected therewith is worn plied a p of drawers. out. In this latter case, both ends of each rubber thread are positioned at the longitudinal 5O Fig. 4 is a view showing a portion of a garment provided th folded band embodying my edges of the band 3 to be held by the seam I alone vention with the addition of a supplemental elas- With the aid of the Seam 8- Particularly e tic strip disposed in the space between the folds ited for this p p are latex eads united of the band. to form a cord. The rubber threads are covered Referring to the drawing, 3 designates a tubueither singly or like a cable, and they as well as 55 edges, said edges of the folded tube being Joined by a line of stitching also serving to secure the ends of the rubber thread in fixed relative position to the united edges of the tube.

2. A garment provided with a supporting band of the character set forth in claim 1 wherein the edges of the band, ends of the rubber thread and an edge of the garment are commonly united to join said parts and fasten the band to the Barnient by one and the same line of stitching.

WILHELM KUHN 

